Job Title: Head of Inclusive Learning (SEND)Salary: From 49,680 to 54,273 per annum dependent on experienceClosing Date: 2026-06-14About the Role
Luminate Education Group are recruiting for a Head of Inclusive Learning (SEND).
The post holder will lead in the implementation of the SEN Code of Practice and in ensuring the college meets its legal and statutory requirements. In particular they will lead the implantation of SEND Reforms within Luminate, ensuring the Group engages positively with reform, and is outward-looking and collaborative in its approach.
As a leader of SEND across Luminate FE Colleges they will drive and embed practices that deliver an outstanding experience for SEND students, and by extension those with additional vulnerabilities or disadvantages, ensuring that all learners and apprentices have a quality learning experience with outcomes comparable to their peers.
What You Will Do
This post has a dual role encompassing leadership and management of the central SEND department within Luminate Education Group, and through a matrix management approach, supporting the leadership of the SEND agenda across Luminate FE colleges.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop, deliver and maintain an outstanding service and provision within the SEND department, prioritising the student experience and delivering positive outcomes and transitions for students.
- Champion inclusive pedagogy by designing and developing, delivering and maintaining a comprehensive group-wide CPD offer, equipping curriculum staff with the skills for meeting the needs of increasingly complex learners, ensuring clear focus on adaptive teaching and the graduated approach as core strategies.
- Support Campus Principals, Heads of Department, College Managers and other staff to fully embed the SEND agenda, including reform, in order to provide an outstanding, inclusive, and aspirational experience for students and staff.
About You
We are looking for someone who has:
- Previous experience of working positively with young people and adults.
- Thorough and up to date knowledge of Government policy in relation to SEND and education and skills, including its funding and curriculum / qualification reform.
- Expertise, knowledge and understanding of the Sector
- Proven experience managing staff in an educational setting
- Experience of successful administration and management of financial budgets.
Benefits
The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:
Annual leave:
Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays
Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays
Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:
Teachers Pension Scheme
Local Government Pension Scheme
Peoples Pension Scheme
CPD opportunities:
Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.
Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).
Travel and commuting:Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
Flexible and hybrid working opportunities:Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.
About UsLuminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to peoples lives through genuinely transformative education and training.We offer a wide range of job vacancies across our business support functions-Finance, Human Resources, ITSS,Marketing, Communications, Executive Support, Estatesand Food Services. Our large size and diverse range of member organisations means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and youll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow.Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.Luminate Education Group consists of; Harrogate College (HC), Keighley College (KC), Leeds City College (LCC), Leeds Conservatoire (LC), University Centre Leeds, Leeds Sixth Form College and Yorkshire Centre for Training & Development.SAFEGUARDINGAt Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIONWe recognise, value and champion diversity & Inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential. Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. Its not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyones contributions and perspectives.RECRUITMENT AGENCIESWe kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward anyunsolicited CVsin relation to any of our advertised roles or speculatively. If we require support with any of our vacancies we will get in touch with agencies directly.
- We do not recognise submissions of unsolicited or speculative CV applications from recruitment agencies.
- We shall not be liable for any fee / commission in the event we employ a candidate that may have been submitted as an unsolicited/speculative application from an uninstructed recruitment agency.
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